Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics

ISBN: 9780415068055

出版社: Lightning Source Inc

出版年: 1992-1

页数: 272

定价: $ 167.24

装帧: HRD

内容简介

These questions arise from any attempt to discover an epistemology for mathematics. This collection of essays considers various questions concerning the nature of justification in mathematics and possible sources of that justification. Among these are the question of whether mathematical justification is a priori or a posteriori in character, whether logical and mathematical differ, and if formalization plays a significant role in mathematical justification,